@kompkulturen Kulturen des

Kompromisses

History and Theory of Compromises Organisation

International Conference
Compromise is an essential technique for regulating Jan-Hendryk de Boer, Julia Mariko Jacoby,
conflicts. Compromises do not eliminate disagree-
ments between conflict parties, but require often diffi-
Karsten Mause, Manon Westphal, Stefan Zeppenfeld
History and Theory
cult concessions from all sides. The conference is organised by the interdisciplinary
Some disciplines, such as political science and philos-
research project “Cultures of Compromise” and funded of Compromises
by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of
ophy, have dealt intensely with compromise. In other 21–23 June 2023 | Essen, Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia.
disciplines, such as history, the concept of compromise
offers an innovative approach to established research
subjects. The conference brings theoretical research Registration
and diachronic and cross-cultural comparative ap-
proaches to compromise into conversation. Places are limited and those interested in attending the
In terms of theoretical perspectives, the conference conference are asked to send a request no later than
addresses questions concerning preconditions of 12 June via email: kompromisskulturen@gmail.com
compromise, types and varieties of compromise, and
successful and problematic compromises. In terms of
empirical perspectives, it is concerned with case stud- Conference Venue
ies from early modern to modern periods in different
Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI)
regions and settings. The question of how compromis-
Goethestraße 31
es and perceptions of compromise vary across time,
45128 Essen
region, or culture, receives particular attention.
The goal of the conference is to stimulate an interdis- The keynote lectures on Wednesday and Thursday will
ciplinary exchange on compromise and open novel take place at:
perspectives for future collaborative research beyond
University of Duisburg-Essen
disciplinary boundaries.
Bibliothekssaal (Building R11)
Universitätsstraße 9
45141 Essen

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Wednesday, 21 June 2023
13:30 Registration
14:15 Welcome and Introduction
14:45 Panel 1 – Conditions of Compromises
Chair: Manon Westphal
Compromise and Trust
Daniel Weinstock (McGill University, Montréal)
Katéchon and Dilatorius:
On Preconditions of Compromises
Benjamin Schmid (Bundeswehr University Munich)
Confronting Climate Compromise:
A Double Role for the Emotions
17:00 Friderike Spang (University of Lausanne)
Keynote Lecture
Bibliothekssaal, University of Duisburg-Essen
18:15 Welcome Address
Rectorate UDE
Ute Schneider, “Cultures of Compromise”
18:30 The Shame of Compromise?
The Politics of Education and the Education of Politics
Alin Fumurescu (University of Houston)
20:00 Reception
Thursday, 22 June 2023
9:30 Panel 2 – Transformations Keynote Lecture
Chair: Stefan Zeppenfeld Bibliothekssaal, University of Duisburg-Essen
The Power of the Purse: 18:15 The Compromise of Return:
Budget Laws and Cultures of Compromise in the Viennese Jews after the Holocaust
Second Empire, Weimar, and Bonn Elizabeth Anthony (United States Holocaust Memorial
Philipp Nielsen (Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville/ Museum, Washington, D.C.)
University of Groningen)
20:00 Dinner
The Search for a “Golden Mean”:
The State Compromise With the House of Wittelsbach
in the Weimar Republic
11:00 Nina Kreibig (Humboldt University, Berlin)
Friday, 23 June 2023
Coffee Break
9:00 Panel 5 – Living With Compromise
Chair: Karsten Mause
11:30 Panel 3 – Premodern Compromises
Chair: Jan-Hendryk de Boer Intellectual Humility and Compromises
Antoine Vuille (University of Neuchâtel)
From Conflict to Cooperation:
Compromise or Truce? Epistemic Phenomena in
Compromises in the Late Medieval German Feud
Claudia Garnier (University of Vechta) Global Architectural Research
10:30 Beate Löffler (TU Dortmund)
Negotiations and Compromises in 15th- and 16th-
Coffee Break
Century Sino-Japanese Tributary and Trade Relations
13:00 Csaba Olah (International Christian University, Tokyo)
Keynote Lecture
Lunch Break
11:00 Compromise in Civic Education:
Applicability to the Japanese Context
14:30 Panel 4 – Inclusion and Exclusion
Chair: Julia Mariko Jacoby Yusuke Hirai (University of Tsukuba)
Switzerland as Compromise? The Federal State of 12:30 Closing Remarks
– 13:00
1848 Between Reconciliation and Exclusion
Moisés Prieto (University of Bern)
The Dynamics of Compromise in African Societies:
The Nigerian Experience
Lucky Ugbudian (Alex Ekwueme Federal University
Ndufu-Alike, Abakaliki)
Between Relinquishment and Compromise:
Jewish Survivors Striving for Normality in Postwar
Rural Germany
16:45 Anna Junge (TU Berlin)